Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combinations: Bractechlamys antillarum, Comptopallium antillarum, Decatopecten antillarum, Lyropecten antillarum, Pecten (Nodipecten) antillarum, Pecten antillarum, Semipallium antillarum
Synonyms: Chlamys (Chlamys) bellipictus Woodring 1925, Pecten (Lyropecten) eulyratus Bayer 1943, Pecten argenteus Reeve 1853, Pecten eulyratus Bayer 1943, Pecten fucatum Reeve 1853
Belongs to Antillipecten according to T. R. Waller 2011
See also Rosenberg 2005
Sister taxa: Antillipecten alumensis, Antillipecten anguillensis, Antillipecten cercadicus, Antillipecten flintensis, Antillipecten guanicus, Antillipecten janicoensis, Antillipecten microlineatus, Antillipecten quemadosensis, Antillipecten reynali, Antillipecten vaun, Antillipecten willobianus
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (4)
• Miocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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